UWB is Dead, Long Live UWB!

The last few months have seen the fall of three of the pillars in the UWB (radio platform of Wireless USB) movement - Intel's Ultrawideband Networking Operations (UNO), WiQuest, and most recently TZero. UNO's demise, which was a pet project of parent Intel, has led many in the market to think that means that Intel was dropping UWB like a hot rock. "Not so!", says Staccato CEO Marty Colombatto. Mr. Colombatto makes some very good points about supply and demand for UWB devices as well as pointing a very obvious finger at the current market in general.

To paraphrase, in a time when many companies are going bankrupt or closing their doors why would the closing of three of the many UWB fabless companies mean armageddon for UWB? He also draws very valid parallels to the trials of the early days of WiFi and Bluetooth. The same arguments could have been made for just about every emergent technology, one may rise, but many shall fall. His points being very valid and logical Marty then briefly uses his 15 minutes to sing the virtues of Staccato and how they have 'The Right Stuff' to get the technology to market especially with the competition disappearing. Best wishes but we're cheering for them all. Competition breeds the best consumer solutions and prices. Apparently, Samsung is also a firm believer in Wireless USB as it announced earlier that it will produce its own WUSB System-on-chip - likely for practical reasons to guarantee steady supply of the chips.